User`s manual

BIOS Setup

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` SATA Mode options

This sub-menu provides SATA-related conguration options.

& sSATA Port0/1/2/3

Enables or disables each SATA port. (Default: Enabled)

& Hot plug

Enables or disable the hot plug capability for each SATA port. (Default: Disabled)

& sSATA Device Type

Allows you to select the type of the device connected to the SATA port. (Default: Hard Disk Drive)

` PCH SATA Conguration (SATA3 0~5 Connectors)

& SATA Controller

Enables or disables the integrated SATA controllers that control the SATA3 0~5 connectors. (Default:

Enabled)

& Congure SATA as

Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers or congures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode.

IDE Congures the SATA controller to IDE mode.

RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller.

AHCI Congures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface

(AHCI) is an interface specication that allows the storage driver to enable advanced

Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. (Default)